Old Movies of the Republic of China(50)

Because all the government offices were moved outside the city, a new market gradually appeared outside the city. This new market is located in a mountain valley, a narrow road, and the stalls are made of earthen platforms and sheds built with reed mats above.

It's composed. But it's particularly lively.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, there were especially many people in the newly built market. Lin Yutong and Fourth Master also came out rarely to prepare New Year goods. Many students also came out. Most of them came out to watch the excitement, but none of them were really willing to spend money.

A few. But the people's lives are much better off than before.

The fourth master settled the accounts with Lin Yutong: "Think about it, every family in this family does not rely on the army to eat now. The vegetables, eggs and poultry at home have no worries about selling. In the past, a chicken cost 2 cents, but now it costs 9 cents to buy two.

There is no one to change the price. Besides, if this fellow has an old donkey at home, then he will basically make money every day. Hire a donkey to work with the donkey driver, and the day's work is only 60 cents. In this way, some fellow villagers

I still want to give the donkey a rest every now and then, but I can’t even earn this money.”

Lin Yutong immediately understood that the medicinal materials collected at home, the date trees in front and behind the house, the homespun cloth woven at home, and the goat milk squeezed out by the ewes that gave birth to lambs, could actually be exchanged for money. Moreover, the supply exceeded demand.

She smiled and said: "This can be considered a good thing. The prosperity of the population can always drive the local economy."

The two of them walked along the way, and the Fourth Master held her hand, fearing that she would be pushed down. He didn't buy much else, but only a lot of red dates. The other thing was homespun cloth, which was used to make clothes when the child was born.

The hardest thing to buy now is eggs. If chickens don’t lay eggs in winter, they won’t be sold at all. And chickens are really thin in winter. The fourth master just bought a few kilograms of mutton, and forget about chicken.

Before leaving, I saw half a bag of walnuts at the very outside of the market, and a little girl was squatting aside selling them. The fourth master spent two yuan to buy all the walnuts, "It's hard to find these nuts." Pregnant women are very worried about such things.

You should eat some appropriately.

On New Year's Eve, everyone gathers at work. No one goes home to celebrate the New Year with their families. Some units hold parties, and some hold dances, but the final program is indispensable, and that is a dinner.

The fourth master didn’t need to go to the unit, “You go ahead, it will be over at ** o’clock.”

Lin Yutong had mixed the dumpling fillings, and the noodles for making the dumplings were ready. She pointed outside and said, "Ask the security team to come over and make the dumplings together. You guys eat first." The dumplings stuffed with mutton and green onions were mixed with the noodles.

The flour used is not much, but it can guarantee that one person can eat a dozen.

But this is much better than the New Year's Eve dinner in hospitals and schools. The hospital is slightly better than the school, and the subsidy for those who work here is half a level higher than others, so the New Year's benefits are also better.

White meat, not much meat, but can make a big pot of good soup, and then put cabbage, radish, tofu and vermicelli on it, one big bowl per person, this is a rare good meal. Very few units can have this level of food standards. So it doesn’t wait.

When the meal started, everyone gave Lin Yutong and Fang Yun a thumbs up.

Lin Yutong ate less than half of the bowl with her, and gave the rest to Qian Ni. She had to rush to the school to spend New Year's Eve with the students. When she arrived, everyone in the cafeteria had dispersed, and everyone had a meal.

They all went back to their dormitories. Lin Yutong was outside the cave, listening to the laughter and laughter coming from the cave.

Some cave dwellings may have finished eating and the lights inside have been extinguished. There are very few oil lamps in Yan'an. As long as it is not for study, few people are willing to light oil lamps or candles at night. Everyone lies in bed in the dark and starts sleeping.

During the talk, we walked to the door of a cave dwelling with the light still on. I wanted to push the door open and go in. Who knew that as soon as I raised my hand, the light inside went out.

Then I heard a clear voice saying: "Little sparrow, it's your turn."

Lin Yutong was stunned. There were many nicknames among students. For example, this classmate called "Little Sparrow" must be a petite and talkative person.

Sure enough, she heard the girl inside speaking in authentic Sichuan dialect, "Then let me talk about our hometown dish, twice-cooked pork..."

"What's so good about twice-cooked pork? Who hasn't tried it?" Everyone inside started cheering.

The little sparrow said slowly and unhurriedly: "You don't understand this. There are two ways to cook the braised pork this time. One is raw and fried with salt, and the other is cooked and fried with salt. These two methods are completely different.

Different, the taste is also different..." She described the taste of twice-cooked pork in detail. Lin Yutong could hear the sound of Ruowu Ruowu swallowing saliva from outside, and heard her talk about Mapo Tofu and how to choose chili peppers.

, how to choose peppercorns, "If you eat it in your mouth, it will be so spicy that you can't open your mouth anymore..."

Another classmate from Beijing introduced soybean juice, and many of them refuted that this soybean juice is just soybean milk. This classmate immediately complained and told everyone how this soybean juice is fermented and has a bit of sour taste. "In winter, hold a bowl of hot soybean milk and take a sip..."

Then Lin Yutong unconsciously made a sucking sound, synchronized inside and outside.

Qian Ni said from behind: "You are hungry, go back and eat."

Lin Yutong waved his hand and continued to walk forward. He changed to a cave and listened to the corner. Inside, a classmate from Inner Mongolia was talking about roasting a whole lamb. "The whole fat sheep is passed through a stick and carried by two people. When it is roasted, it will be golden and fragrant..."

"Lin Yutong was drooling again, and his whole cheek was sore.

I also heard from some experts who said that the best way to eat roasted whole lamb is sheep, not goat. Sheep are warm in nature, goats are cold in nature, and goat’s tail is a good thing. It tastes good when eaten raw in thin slices.

Lin Yutong wiped the corner of his mouth and decided not to listen anymore. Anyway, from what I heard, these students were all from wealthy families. Look at the standard of food in the past, compared with the boiled vegetables now, tsk tsk...

Qian Ni walked back behind Lin Yutong and whispered: "This is a spiritual dinner for everyone."

Spiritual dinner?

I really can’t tell if this is a mental victory method, or if I’m just looking for abuse. I guess now everyone’s cheeks are sore from salivation, and their stomachs are starting to growl even if they’re not hungry. It seems that this mental victory method can make people cry.

They feel that the hardships they experienced during the day are not considered hardships.

When he went back, Fourth Master left fifteen dumplings for each of Lin Yutong and Qian Ni, which were being heated in the pot.

Seeing that the dumplings were well made, Lin Yutong pinched one with his hands: "Who made it?"

"I made this bowl for you." Fourth Master brought her a plate of vinegar, "Would you like some garlic?"

Lin Yutong looked at the dumplings and looked at Fourth Master in astonishment: "Have you learned how to make dumplings?" Improvement! Nowadays, this skill is really more and more. It won't be long before he can't do anything except giving birth to children.

The Fourth Master was still modest: "I didn't roll the skin."

"I have never eaten such well-wrapped dumplings." Lin Yutong praised. It's not the kind where you just pinch the dough and the dumplings come out crawling. But it's not like there are any complicated tricks, it's just pinching.

After squeezing it, the meat stuffing becomes compact and becomes a meatball, with two wings like two small wings. It looks so cute.

The fourth master looked outside and said, "I didn't leave it for Yang Zi. Let's give it to him tomorrow."

Lin Yutong nodded: "You won't find the mutton here to be particularly delicious. It doesn't have any smell at all."

Because of eating pepper grass.

The fourth master kept talking to her again and again. The two of them stayed together until twelve o'clock. It was quiet outside. Except for the sound of the wind blowing the window paper, there was no sound of firecrackers.

Nowadays, during the Chinese New Year, the sound of firecrackers can easily cause people to panic, thinking that there is another war somewhere. Therefore, everyone has a tacit understanding that no one will set off firecrackers, and the raw materials for making firecrackers can produce as much gunpowder as they can be used on the battlefield.

Duqiang. The custom has been passed down for who knows how long. In this environment, no one took the initiative to advocate or suggest, but they all had the same tacit understanding.

Yang Zi came early the next morning, bringing a jar of buckwheat honey and mixed it with two meals. Before leaving, he said: "After the fifth day of the first lunar month, I will leave the army. I may go to the front line soon...

…”

He would come back sooner or later, but Lin Yutong didn't expect to arrive so soon. Bullets on the battlefield never have eyes. No one can guarantee that he will come back alive.

Yang Zi smiled: "Isn't it just for this day? Sister, don't worry... If something happens to me, I have nothing to say to my mother. I just want to say sorry to you when I see you later. Also, I will say sorry to you.

Second sister... If you can't meet her, you don't have to go out to find her... Families like ours are everywhere... If there is no country, what is a home?"

Lin Yutong packed up all the clothes, shoes and socks that he had prepared for him, "Come back alive..."

Yang Zi reached out and touched Lin Yutong's belly: "I can't wait until my nephew is born." Then he went to see the fourth master: "Brother-in-law, can I give the child a name?"

The fourth master patted Yang Zi on the shoulder: "Take it. Whatever you name it, the child will be named."

"Changsheng." Yang Zi laughed and said, "How about calling me Changsheng?"

"Okay!" Lin Yutong said decisively, "I hope our team will always win, and I also hope his uncle will become a victorious general."

The couple stood at the door of the cave dwelling, watching Yang Zi carrying his luggage disappear in front of his eyes along the sheep farm trail. The feeling of sending a loved one off to the battlefield, it turned out to be like this. My heart was pinched and painful, knowing that this was going to happen

Narrowly escaped death. But no matter what, I couldn't say anything to stop it. Comparing my feelings, how would those mothers feel when they send their sons to the battlefield, and how wives would feel when they send their husbands to the front line? It must be a thousand times more uncomfortable than I am now.

Fourth Master pulled him in and changed the subject: "Changsheng - Changsheng - Changsheng - Changsheng - Changsheng -" He smiled, "One sound can produce so many words, all of them are good.

Meaning, this is a good name."

But the premise is that the child is a son. If the daughter is called this name, no matter which name it is, it is inappropriate?

When he thought of the girl's name, what flashed in Lin Yutong's eyes was a black and strong female man who could fight one against ten.

The two of them sat in the room, feeling a little heavy because of Yang Zi's incident. In the middle of the afternoon, Chen Chen came and brought a bag of fried cakes to the door, feeling a little reserved.

Love is not a matter of friendship. She was able to get Yang Zi out of prison. This girl has a good temper. When it comes to feelings, there is no telling who is right and who is wrong. Lin Yutong enthusiastically brought the person in and brought him some drunken dates.

She said, "There are no school activities today?"

Chen Chen shook his head. He was restless and didn't know what to say to Lin Yutong. Lin Yutong smiled and said, "You're welcome, you and Yang Zi are classmates, not outsiders."

He doesn't seem to mind at all.

Chen Chen then raised his head: "Sister, do you know what happened between me and Yang Zi?"

Lin Yutong nodded: "People are constantly changing. The environment is different, the time is different, and the choices made will be different. I haven't heard any complaints about you from Yang Zi. Do you have anything to say or help?

Yes, just ask."

Chen Chen relaxed all over: "Sister, I guess you don't know. The communication office asked Yang Zi several times, but Yang Zi refused. Later, I heard that a newspaper was going to be established. Yang Zi's writing style is also good. I told others

Okay, let's go together. But Yang Zi refuses to go and is determined to go to the front line... If it were anyone else, I wouldn't dare to say this. I also know that my consciousness is not high, but... if he leaves, if anything happens

…Actually, the work at the rear is also pretty good.”

This was because she was reluctant to let Yang Zi go to the front line. The lingering feelings made Lin Yutong not know what to say. She was silent for a long time, "I feel the same as you. But... he is an adult, he has

We shouldn't stop what we have to do."

Chen Chen's shoulders suddenly collapsed: "...Maybe I am really that kind of bourgeois eldest lady, and I still have bourgeois problems, and I am weak..."

This is not weakness. No one can be truly indifferent. Lin Yutong patted her and said: "You are a good girl. Work hard in the future and don't think too much."

The girl seemed to be sleepwalking when she left. Lin Yutong felt that she really liked Yang Zi, so she dared to say such things. From the overall situation, this is called ignorance of the general situation. But from the perspective of human nature, it is also
To be continued...